In May, the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka while traveling through the Indian Ocean. The crew was evacuated ... This comes on the heels of a ...

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong turbulent flow ...

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster that will affect wildlife in the oceans and on the shores for a long time. But can microorganisms come to the rescue? bacteria constitute a ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be ...